AUS Water Jerry Cans

[Life_in_4Lo]

This looks cool- w/ the spout on the bottom so you can leave it in the carrier.
Any experience w/ this? Only concern is if starts leaking.... that would really suck

http://www.man-a-fre.com/parts_accessories/Australian%2022%20litre%20water%20container.htm

Oh, I also like these:
http://www.pangaea-expeditions.com/scepter/

but they are a bit pricey

[flyingwil]

I am not soo sure on the ones witht he spout on the bottom, here in AZ, hard plastics become rather brittle in the sun, and a leak/breakage would be highly probable if I were to get one of these. However, depending on your location and you use it might be an excelent find.

The Scepter can are much better IMO, due the durability of the product.

[Life_in_4Lo]

think the scepter ones will be good against UV breakdown?

I might get them...

[gjackson]

think the scepter ones will be good against UV breakdown?

For our Africa trip we had a Sceptre water on our roofrack for the entire trip. Saw 9 months of the African sun and still is in great shape. Our companions has 2 sceptre diesel cans on their roofrack and those fared just as well -- even the one that was full on unleaded!

cheers

Graham
www.africaoverland.org

[p1michaud]

For our Africa trip we had a Sceptre water on our roofrack for the entire trip. Saw 9 months of the African sun and still is in great shape. Our companions has 2 sceptre diesel cans on their roofrack and those fared just as well -- even the one that was full on unleaded!
cheers
Graham


Graham,
I've got one of the Scepter "sand" color water cans but it has to be stored up right otherwise it will leak through the breather cap. Have you encountered the same problem?



The Scepter can are much better IMO, due the durability of the product.

I can say that their durability is second to none but I have a concern about storing them on their side, mine tends to leak. :confused:

Cheer :beer:,
P

[pangaea]

I can say that their durability is second to none but I have a concern about storing them on their side, mine tends to leak.

P,

Do you know if you have a desert sand or american sand can? There was a batch of desert sand cans made a while ago that had some leaking issues, and were recalled. The easiest way to tell, is desert sand should have arabic markings on it indicating "water" in addition to the english markings.

[gjackson]

p1michaud,

I have the desert sand sceptre water can, and yes, it does leak from the lid, but not enough for me to worry about. Started leaking maybe 1/2 way through our trip, and still does unless the cap is very tight. It is only a slight drip, so I never worried about it. I never lost enough water to worry about, but I was using it a lot.

cheers